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Reconstruction drive transforms lives of rural Nepali women hit by earthqu
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Gorkha [Nepal], January 6 (ANI): The devastating earthquake of 2015 with its epicentre in the mountainous Gorkha district shook the Himalayan Nation of Nepal, claiming nearly 10,000 lives, injuring thousands and displacing over half a million people.
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Voices in the UK grow louder to revoke Blair's knighthood
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], January 5 (ANI): Hundreds of thousands of people in the UK are coming together to join the call to strip former prime minister Tony Blair of his recently awarded knighthood for his role in Iraq war.
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Kazakhstan cabinet resigns as protests swell over fuel prices
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Nur-Sultan [Kazakhstan], January 5 (ANI): Nation-wide protests continued in Kazakhstan for the fourth consecutive day on Wednesday as thousands of people flooded streets against soaring iquefied petroleum gas prices, forcing the Central Asian country's cabinet to resign, media reports said.
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Thousands protest COVID measures in Netherlands despite ban on gatherings
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Amsterdam [Netherlands], January 4 (ANI): Thousands of demonstrators in the Netherlands on Sunday defied a government ban on large protests to voice their anger over COVID-19 restrictions.
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61 civilians killed in December clashes in Myanmar's remote border regions
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], January 2 (ANI): More than five dozen civilians have been killed and tens of thousands displaced due to clashes between Myanmar's military and anti-junta forces in four of Myanmar's s remote border regions in December.
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US: 3 reported missing, thousands evacuated in Colorado wildfires
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Colorado [US], January 2 (ANI): Three people have been reported missing and possibly dead after wind-stoked wildfires struck Boulder County, Colorado in the US.
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Grave violations surge for children in conflict: UNICEF
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], December 31 (ANI): Armed conflict, inter-communal violence and insecurity continued to take a devastating toll on thousands of children throughout 2021 across the world, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), warned on Friday.
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US state of Colorado declares state of emergency due to fast-moving grass
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Colorado [US], December 31 (ANI): The US State of Colorado declared a state of emergency due to fast-moving grass fires created by high winds in Boulder County, local media reported on Thursday (local time) as thousands of residents were ordered to evacuate.
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Thousands displaced due to fighting in Myanmar's Kayin state, many cross o
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], December 30 (ANI): The fighting between Myanmar's military and anti-junta forces over the past two weeks is leaving thousands displaced and stranded and large groups of people have crossed the border to Thailand, reported local media.
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18 people dead in Brazil flooding, thousands displaced
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], December 27 (ANI): At least 18 people are dead and more than 280 injured in the northeast region of Brazil due to heavy flooding.
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Thousands of women participate in marathon organised by Congress in UP's J
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], December 26 (ANI): Thousands of women in Uttar Pradesh's Jhansi participated in a marathon race organised by Congress on Sunday.
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Afghans who helped UK forces fight Taliban still stuck in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], December 26 (ANI): Thousands of Afghans who helped UK forces fight against the Taliban are still stuck in Afghanistan, reported a UK-based newspaper on Saturday.
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